Travel Blogs from Kelowna

... in their government ruled bottle shops, our choices were limited to Veuve or a local sparkling we had discovered. Asking for a case of local sparkling had Rae pondering what the hell she was in for. Their house is on the lake in a magnificent location and you feel you have been transformed into paradise. A lovely dinner and a few wines later, it was off to bed after having the first of many funny nights. Tuesday had us up and ready for our first day of discovering The ...

Set up our bank accounts and social insurance numbers so we can get work and paid from our boss! Leanne Foster owns a place under the Village Centre Mall (VCM) called Elevation spa which has hairdressing, beauty therapy and massage. She is our boss for the season ...

... the Lawrence Ferry. Our entertainment came in the form of a lady with three dogs. Julia, Snowball and Maggie were small terriers that seemed to ignore anything that she said despite her saying it many, many, many times. The entire ferry was familiar with all of the dogs names before we had even boarded.

After landing on solid ground again we continued south and arrived at Nakusp which is known for its Hot Springs and was quite a pretty spot. After ...

Sandi's husband, Murray got us to the airport...lots of time to spare. All checked in and now a short delay for the first flight. The next flight went well, but with about a 20 minute delay we had to motor to get on the flight to La Paz. We made it and arrived (with our luggage). A nice man with a sign "Neva Low" was waiting for us when we cleared customs and he whisked us off to the hostel, Cruz de Los ...

... terrible when, on their return, the weight of our truck snapped both of their ropes. Just as we were beginning to despair, a man across the road appeared at his door and offered us a chain. This was also a spectacular act of kindness considering that he was attached to a drip at the time. Luckily, the chain was enough to pull our truck out of the ditch, although the brand new asphalt hadn't fared too well. In a final act of ...